Americus township, Lyon County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
Americus township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
54% of Americus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1248
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 136
- South: 75
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 488
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 8
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 109
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Americus township with a mortgage: 193 (18 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (13%)
- Food (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Americus township:
- United States or American (24.4%)
- German (23.4%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
- European (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 733 (85%)
- Carpooled: 76 (9%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 48 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
98.2% of residents of Americus township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,546- In family households: 1,388 (362 male householders, 105 female householders)
402 spouses, 474 children (428 natural, 14 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 4 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 158 (70 male householders (59 living alone)), 58 female householders (50 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 197 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 11 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
327 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (20 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |